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Carol Simon Makes Presentation

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Dr. Caroline Simon of the Hope College philosophy faculty is among the scholars who
will make presentations during an international conference held at Princeton Theological
Seminary in New Jersey on Thursday-Saturday, June 17-19.

The conference is titled "For the Sake of the World: Karl Barth and the Future of Ecclesial Theology," and is being organized by the Center for Barth Studies, which was established in 1997 and is part of the seminary's library system. Barth was a Swiss theologian who died in 1968. Accoding to Simon, his theology is biblical without being fundamentalist. "His emphasis of the centrality of Christ for divine revelation allows him to emphasize mystery and paradox without lapsing into irrationality," she said. The Center describes the conference as seeking to connect his theology "to a responsible church in the 21st century." Simon, who is an associate professor of philosophy and chair of the department, will discuss "Barth, Christian Love, and the Future of Christian Ethics." Her talk will examine Barth's view that the church is a body of people transformed into lovers by the creative love of God. "According to Barth, actually loving is like coming out of the dark cave in which we hoard and safeguard ourselves," she said. "When we emerge from that cave, we encounter the reality of God and God's call for us to love our neighbor." Other general themes during the three-day event include "The Future of Doctrine," "The Future of Ecumenism" and "The Future of Social Witness." In addition to Simon, the presenters will include world-renowned scholars such as Eberhard Busch, of the University of Goettingen, and others from the University of Bonn, the University of Oxford, Hartford Theological Seminary and Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Carol Simon Makes Presentation

Dr. Caroline Simon of the Hope College philosophy faculty is among the scholars who will make presentations during an international conference held at Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey on Thursday-Saturday, June 17-19.

Two Hope Tracksters Are NCAA Division III All-Americans

Two Hope tracksters achieved All-America statusat the NCAA Division III track and field championship in Berea,Ohio. Sophomore Emily Sowers of Grand Rapids (GR Christian HS)finished fifth in the discus while junior Jenny Ernst ofWesterville, Ohio (Westerville South HS) was seventh in the10,000 meter run. With six points, Hope finished 38th among 70 teams thatscored in the meet. MIAA champion Calvin was fourth in thewomen's meet highlighted by two national championshipperformances. This is the second time that Hope has had two All-Americansin the same year at the women's national championships. In 1987Karen Hoekstra was sixth in the javelin and Julie Darling sixthin the 400-meter hurdles. In 1993, Marcia Vandersall was anAll-American in two events (5,000 and 10,000). Competing at nationals for the second consecutive year,Sowers had a throw of 142 feet, 1 inch in the finals. Sheadvanced to the finals after throwing 140 feet, 11 inches in afield of 21 competitors in the qualifying round. The nationalchampion is Tabitha Fendrick of Wisc.-Whitewater with a throw of149 feet, 1 inch. Sowers is the first Hope athlete (male or female) to achieveAll-America distinction in the discus. She holds the Hope(145-7) and MIAA (145-7) discus records and is a two-timeall-conference trackster. As a freshman she finished 15th atnationals. Seeded 14th in a field of 19 runners, Ernst was in themiddle of the pack most of the marathon 10,000-meter race untilputting on a surge in the final laps to crack the top ten and gain All-America distinction by finishing seventh. Her time of 36:23.70 is a Hope College record. The previousmark was 36:31.3 by Marcia VanderSall at nationals in 1993. Therace was won by freshman Cheryl Smith of Cortland State, N.Y. Ernst became the third Hope runner to achieve All-Americastatus in the 10,000 meter run. Marcia Vandersall finished sixthat nationals in both 1991 and 1993. Later in the meet, Ernst finished 15th in a field of 21runners in the 5,000-meter run (18:09.36).

CASA Receives Grant

A grant from the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area will support the development of writing skills and nature activities for the elementary-age children participating in the Children's After School Achievement (CASA) Program at Hope College during the coming summer and school year.